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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>New Advent</title><description>These stories have been handpicked from blogs and news sites around the Web -- some Catholic, some not.</description><link>https://www.newadvent.org/news/feedburner.xml</link><atom:link href="https://www.newadvent.org/news/feedburner.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-8888761608640466248</guid><category>Head</category><title>Rome Readies for Jubilee of Youth: ‘You Will Never Experience Anything Like This Again’...</title><link>https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/265325/rome-readies-for-jubilee-of-youth-you-will-never-experience-anything-like-this-again</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>With less than a month to go before the Jubilee of Youth begins, the pope’s diocese is making final preparations to welcome tens of thousands of young people from around the world who will participate in this event of great spiritual significance. “Young people will never experience this in their lives again. I’m sure of it. In practice, it will be like a World Youth Day,” explained Father Alfredo Tedesco, director of youth ministry in Rome, the host diocese.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-8419620898281292544</guid><category>Left</category><title>A Catholic Reading List for Midsummer Merriment...</title><link>https://es.lincolndiocese.org/news/diocesan-news/18901-humanities-syllabus-for-june-midsummer-merriment</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Bishop James Conley)</author><description>Summer is a time of rest and fun, and, with it, our Jubilee Year pilgrimage reaches its halfway mark. Midsummer Eve, the midway point of an historically longer summer season and also of the entire year, has been traditionally observed with bonfires (literally bone-fires) on June 23, the eve of the Nativity of John the Baptist. According to ancient reckoning, it was the time of the summer solstice, when the sun was at its full strength...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-7736204991882595698</guid><category>Center</category><title>Why Do Catholics Keep Body Parts and Other Memories of Saints? A Beginner’s Guide to Relics...</title><link>https://weirdcatholic.substack.com/p/relics-an-introduction</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Thomas McDonald)</author><description>St. Catherine of Siena is counted among the thirty-seven Doctors of the Church and is one of the most respected and revered woman in all church history. She was a mostly-illiterate laywoman, a third-order Dominican who worked among the sick and poor. She is revered not only for her deep piety and spiritual wisdom, but for using her supernatural skills of persuasion to mediate conflicts among the most powerful men of the 14th century...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-381335109486684824</guid><category>Left</category><title>After Texas Flood, Families and Faith Camps Face Hard Truths About a Beloved Summer Tradition...</title><link>https://tmattingly.substack.com/p/crossroads-challenges-for-small-camps</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Terry Mattingly)</author><description>Most of the Lone Star State is, and I note this as a prodigal Texan, a large slab of sun-baked concrete. But there is one small, strategic, complex and almost magical exception to that rule — the Texas Hill Country. The region is defined by the Guadalupe River and the rocky plateau around Kerrville. The prevailing winds come from West Texas and even New Mexico. Consider these numbers...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-2600257035737238525</guid><category>Center</category><title>Lonely Planet’s 23 Best Beaches in America...</title><link>https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/best-beaches-usa</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>From sea to shining sea, the USA features coasts and lakes that are littered with glorious stretches of sand. As well as the superstars grabbing the limelight (hello, Venice Beach), you'll find tucked-away, small-town gems that are the perfect location for a relaxing time with friends.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-5613796525115082792</guid><category>Left</category><title>How One Monk Began Rebuilding the West...</title><link>https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2025/07/prosper-gueranger-r-jared-staudt.html</link><author>null@newadvent.org (R. Jared Staudt)</author><description>July 11 is the feast of St. Benedict and the anniversary of the refounding of St. Peter’s Abbey of Solesmes, France in 1833 by Ven. Dom Prosper Guéranger and five other priests. Apart from the Benedictines, you may wonder why this event has significance. Solesmes became a great center of renewal for the entire Church and its refounding brought forward a larger-than-life figure, who would oversee this renewal. Guéranger (1805-1875), originally a diocesan priest...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-9045967585401780199</guid><category>Center</category><title>Despite Vatican agreement, China continues to arrest priests, nuns and faithful who refuse to join CCPA.....</title><link>https://bitterwinter.org/wenzhou-new-crackdown-on-catholic-conscientious-objectors/</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>Pope Leo XIV is reportedly deliberating on the future of the recently renewed Vatican-China deal from 2018. Meanwhile, authorities in Beijing are intensifying their crackdown on Catholic conscientious objectors who oppose the agreement. They are part of an underground church that, in theory, should have merged with the government-controlled Patriotic Catholic Church and ceased to exist. In the southeastern Chinese province of Zhejiang, particularly within the Diocese of Wenzhou...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-7994418341191955816</guid><category>Left</category><title>How the Parents of St. Thérèse Can Help You Raise Children for Heaven...</title><link>https://www.ncregister.com/blog/griffin-sts-louis-and-zelie-martin</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>Parenting advice is offered by many. You can find no lack of resources online or in books that claim to know the secret for how to raise your children best. For Catholics, we are blessed to have the witness of the saints to guide us. They shine a light on how we are called to live, and they reveal what happens to those around us when we make Jesus the center of our lives. Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin were the parents of St. Thérèse of Lisieux...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-5665013804250748474</guid><category>Center</category><title>Prefecture of the Papal Household Poised for Renewal Under Leo XIV...</title><link>https://www.ncregister.com/news/prefecture-of-the-papal-household-poised-for-renewal-under-leo-xiv</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Andrea Gagliarducci)</author><description>The post of prefect of the Papal Household has been vacant since the Vatican’s brief announcement in June 2023 that Archbishop Georg Gänswein’s term had ended the previous February. But in effect, the position has been unfilled since 2020, when Pope Francis asked Archbishop Gänswein not to return to work. Since then, the Prefecture of the Papal Household has been managed by the No. 2 in command, or regent, Msgr. Leonardo Sapienza. Now, however, Pope Leo XIV appears poised to appoint a new prefect.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-2456807282171653080</guid><category>Left</category><title>Your Peace Is Getting Hijacked. Here’s the Fix.....</title><link>http://blog.newadvent.org/2025/07/your-peace-is-getting-hijacked-heres-fix.html</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Chris Stefanick)</author><description>Your brain is hardwired to look for threats. That’s great if you’re in a jungle being chased by a bear. Not so great when you’re trying to live in the peace Jesus died to give you. In Week 2 of our Living Peace summer series, I delve into the real reason why so many of us are stuck in fear, outrage, and constant conflict, and how Jesus flips the script in one of His most famous parables: the Good Samaritan...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-2562691941093329891</guid><category>Center</category><title>Fr. James Martin’s Homosophistry Takes Advantage of a Clear Double Standard...</title><link>https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/10/fr-james-martins-homosophistry-takes-advantage-of-a-clear-double-standard/</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Larry Chapp)</author><description>I am not a “traditionalist”. At least not in the sense that the term has come to mean these days in common ecclesial parlance. I have sharp theological disagreements with the theological tendencies among some traditionalists on a range of issues. Nevertheless, they are a part of the Church, and their concerns should not be trivialized as unimportant or summarily dismissed via the pathway of lazy and breezy caricatures of them as just a gaggle of “anti-Vatican II” malcontents.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-2992249311057670807</guid><category>Left</category><title>The Decline of Liberal Catholicism...</title><link>https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2025/07/13/the-decline-of-liberal-catholicism/</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>When I was ordained a priest in 1985, my first pastor was about to turn 50 years old; he was a member of the Ordination Class of 1962. He saw himself and others saw him too as a “Vatican II” priest. There were meetings galore, a lot of “co-ministry” with women Religious, and, in discussions, frequent references to the marginalized and minorities of various kinds...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-4862133571921058681</guid><category>Center</category><title>Pope’s Sunday Angelus at Castel Gandolfo: ‘To Live Eternally, We Do Not Need to Cheat Death, But to Serve Life’...</title><link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-07/pope-leo-xiv-angelus-castel-gandolfo-love-eternal-life.html</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>As his summer holidays continue in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV joined pilgrims who came out to the hilltop town near Rome in praying the traditional Marian prayer of the Angelus. In his address to those gathered in Freedom Square, the Pope reflected on the question put to Jesus in the Gospel...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-5733645410413405944</guid><category>Left</category><title>This Sunday, See Christ and Be Christ By Receiving Christ, the Good Samaritan...</title><link>https://media.benedictine.edu/this-sunday-see-christ-and-be-christ-by-receiving-christ-the-good-samaritan</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Tom Hoopes)</author><description>A scholar asks Jesus a key question to begin the Gospel reading this Sunday: “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus asks him “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” in other words, “You don’t need me to tell you what the purpose of life is. You already know it.” The man answers: “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” Exactly, says Jesus...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-991486037371755580</guid><category>Center</category><title>5 Key Symbols of Grace in the Bible...</title><link>https://stpaulcenter.com/posts/5-key-symbols-of-grace-in-the-bible?mc_cid=910f481191&amp;mc_eid=76031b1787</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Clement Harrold)</author><description>There are many different ways to define grace. One simple way of thinking about it is as a divine gift. The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains, “Grace is favor, the free and undeserved help that God gives us to respond to his call to become children of God, adoptive sons, partakers of the divine nature and of eternal life” (1996). Every hour of every day, God is sending us free gifts to help us on our journey back to Him. And throughout the Scriptures, He provides us with a host of symbols which help convey the beauty and the power of this amazing grace.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-6084269634081697818</guid><category>Left</category><title>This Flemish Renaissance Artist Painted Bugs Like Jewels — And Changed Science Forever...</title><link>http://blog.newadvent.org/2025/07/this-flemish-renaissance-artist-painted.html</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>Produced in collaboration with the National Gallery of Art...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-5436568861118726203</guid><category>Center</category><title>Want biblical proof for the Catholic Eucharist? Read the Book of Revelation, and consider the end of the world.....</title><link>https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/the-eucharist-and-the-apocalypse</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Joe Heschmeyer)</author><description>On Easter morning, two disciples of Jesus are on their way from Jerusalem back to Emmaus. They might be husband and wife, but the text doesn’t say for certain. St. Luke names only one of the two: Cleopas. If they are a married couple, they might be Jesus’ aunt and uncle. (Hegesippus, a Christian writer from the second century, references “the Lord’s uncle, Clopas.”) If Cleopas and Clopas are the same person...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-6216084235266295362</guid><category>Left</category><title>Apologetics Alone Is Never Enough...</title><link>https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/why-apologetics-alone-is-never-enough/</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Jeff Mirus)</author><description>Catholic apologetics—that is, the careful argumentation for the veracity of the Catholic faith—is an important tool in spreading the Gospel, but by itself it is rarely enough to convert anyone. This frustrating reality presents a challenge that we may not always know how to meet. Let’s take a few minutes to understand the nature of the problem...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-6277143890938406613</guid><category>Center</category><title>In Viral Letter, Famed Liberation Theologian Repudiates ‘Social Issues’ Focus: ‘Proclaim Jesus Christ and His Grace’...</title><link>https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/265323/former-liberation-theology-leader-calls-on-latin-american-bishops-to-change-tune</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>Friar Clodovis Boff has written an open letter to the bishops of the Latin American and Caribbean Bishops’ Council (CELAM, by its Spanish acronym), who recently met in assembly, asking: “What good news did I read there? Forgive my frankness: None. You, bishops of CELAM, always repeat the same old story: social issues, social issues, and social issues. And this has been going on for more than fifty years.”</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-517954736996517695</guid><category>Left</category><title>A Pilgrimage to Częstochowa...</title><link>https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2025/07/12/a-pilgrimage-to-czestochowa/</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>Across hundreds of miles in Poland, the land is flat. Likewise, Częstochowa, though the monastery which houses the miraculous icon of the Black Madonna sits atop a hill. The choice of the site probably had much to do with its defensibility. It’s the only monastery that I have visited which has ramparts. The one hundred Pauline monks – named for St. Paul the Hermit c. A.D. 345 – who live there, as well as an extensive cadre of sisters, staff the premises...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-3754577315992504862</guid><category>Center</category><title>A Step-by-Step Guide to Praying Like Jesus...</title><link>http://blog.newadvent.org/2025/07/a-step-by-step-guide-to-praying-like.html</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>Prayer is so powerful that it’s actually life-changing. And here’s the best part: God really delights in every moment you spend talking with Him. But how exactly did Jesus pray, and what can His prayer life teach us about drawing close to the Father? In this episode of The Chris Stefanick Show, I sit down with seminary professor Scott Powell to journey through Jesus’ prayer life, from the blazing summit of the Transfiguration to the raw honesty of the Psalms...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-1607576266194056439</guid><category>Left</category><title>Hope Against Hope: A Priest’s Tale Made for the Movies...</title><link>https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2025/07/hope-priests-tale-movies-condemned-andy-fowler-david-deavel.html</link><author>null@newadvent.org (David Deavel)</author><description>If you’re looking for a short, punchy thriller with a spiritual component as well as physical action, Andy Fowler’s 2024 novella, The Condemned is probably for you. Inspired by the story of a nameless priest murdered while ministering in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, this tale of an American priest in a small, northern Mexican town starts with cartel violence and ends with cartel violence...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-2415316168473076625</guid><category>Center</category><title>Will Leo XIV Weigh in on France’s Criminal Chancellor?</title><link>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/will-leo-weigh-in-on-frances-criminal</link><author>null@newadvent.org (J.D. Flynn)</author><description>A French archbishop is standing by his decision to appoint as chancellor a priest who was convicted of raping a 16-year-old boy, and who spent four years in prison for the offense. While Archbishop Guy de Kerimel of Toulouse argues that appointing the priest to a prominent archdiocesan position is an act of mercy, Catholics in France and the U.S. seem skeptical, with some asking why Fr. Dominique Spina is eligible for any diocesan assignment at all.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-1579230796211261666</guid><category>Left</category><title>Alleged Apparitions in Slovakia: What’s the Vatican Saying?</title><link>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/alleged-apparitions-in-slovakia-whats</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Luke Coppen)</author><description>The Vatican’s doctrinal office gave the green light Wednesday to devotion associated with alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Slovakia. The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published July 9 a letter from its prefect, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, approving a declaration of nihil obstat (“nothing stands in the way”) for the Marian devotion connected with Mount Zvir, located in northern Slovakia, close to the Polish border.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-2197769757812464104</guid><category>Center</category><title>Pax, French Clericalism, and American Iconography...</title><link>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/pax-french-clericalism-and-american</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>Happy Friday friends, and a happy feast of St. Benedict to you all. I am back after having taken last week off, though unfortunately this season’s edition of covid meant we had to turn around and come home after only a day away. I‘d been looking forward to this particular vacation for a while, and I nursed a certain sense of undirected injustice as we drove home early, that we’d been cheated of something we had coming to us, as a family...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-4715564409050678207</guid><category>Left</category><title>Bishops Draw the Line at Border Wall Expansion...</title><link>https://www.ncregister.com/news/bishops-draw-the-line-at-border-wall-expansion</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>Congress has, after much debate and delay, passed a sprawling budget bill, colloquially termed the “big beautiful” bill. Among other expenditures, the bill devotes roughly $46.5 billion to new segments of the border wall, along with another approximately $120 billion to other Department of Homeland Security and immigration-enforcement infrastructure, including the expansion of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). </description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-5454356859428716582</guid><category>Center</category><title>Diocese of San Bernardino Grants Sunday Mass Dispensation to Those Fearing Deportation...</title><link>https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/265303/san-bernardino-diocese-grants-sunday-mass-dispensation-to-those-fearing-deportation</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>Bishop Alberto Rojas of the diocese of San Bernardino, California has granted a dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass for those within the diocese who fear deportation. The bishop said all of the faithful within the diocese who possess “genuine fear” of arrest while attending Mass are dispensed from the obligation until further notice, and are "encouraged to maintain their spiritual communion with Christ and His Church through acts of personal prayer.”</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-2088497459804099325</guid><category>Left</category><title>Priests of West Bank’s only remaining all-Christian town issue urgent appeal against Israeli settler violence...</title><link>https://catholicvote.org/priests-of-west-banks-only-remaining-all-christian-town-issue-urgent-appeal-against-israeli-settler-violence/</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>The three priests of Taybeh in the West Bank issued an urgent appeal for justice this week after Israeli settlers reportedly escalated their acts of violence and intimidation against Christians in the region’s only remaining all-Christian town. “We, the priests of the three churches of Taybeh — the Greek Orthodox Church, the Latin Church, and the Melkite Greek Catholic Church — raise our voices on behalf of the people of our town and our parishioners to strongly condemn the ongoing and grave series of attacks targeting Taybeh,” the three pastors wrote in a letter.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-2474016373238306405</guid><category>Center</category><title>Pope Leo XIV Shares Message to Pilgrims at Historic Mass in Canterbury Cathedral...</title><link>https://www.ncregister.com/news/canterbury-catholic-mass-st-thomas-beckett-church-of-england</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Edward Pentin)</author><description>Catholic faithful packed Canterbury Cathedral on Monday evening for a historic Mass, complete with a papal blessing and the Eucharistic liturgy celebrated by the apostolic nuncio to honor St. Thomas Becket and the translation of his relics in 1220. Since at least the late 20th century, the Cathedral’s Anglican leaders have allowed the local Catholic parish of St. Thomas of Canterbury to celebrate the translation (transferal) of the relics every July 7 with a Mass at the high altar.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-3933162483160201813</guid><category>Left</category><title>That’s Some Bad Fish Story – Spielberg’s “Jaws” Turns 50...</title><link>https://www.dominicanajournal.org/thats-one-bad-fish-story-spielbergs-jaws-turns-50/</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>There’s nothing like a good fish tale. Man grappling with nature. The allure of the vast ocean. The earnest exaggerations of a man with skin sunburnt and leathered by time. And this summer one of our era’s biggest and boldest fish tales turns 50. Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, an adaptation of Peter Benchley’s 1974 novel of the same name, has now terrified beachgoers for five decades. And while the title typically conjures up images of bloodied shorelines, gripping dolly-zooms, and small-town woes...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-3320824851873304941</guid><category>Center</category><title>We Don’t Just Choose Right or Wrong — Our Moral Choices Make Us Who We Are...</title><link>https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2025/07/10/truly-becoming-ourselves/</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>Human beings, having a rational nature, are free to choose between good and evil. This freedom constitutes, in the words of Pope Leo XIII, “the highest of natural endowments.” We are not only free to choose between good and evil, but we are also responsible for those choices. We are responsible for the intentions by which we act, for the actions themselves, and, to some degree, for the consequences of those actions...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-8350114289978964247</guid><category>Left</category><title>Pope Leo XIV pens gracious letter — in Latin — to congratulate Cardinal Burke on 50 years of priestly ministry...</title><link>https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/265263/pope-thanks-cardinal-burke-who-clashed-with-francis-for-50-years-of-priestly-ministry</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>Pope Leo XIV has written a warm and detailed letter to Cardinal Raymond Burke, thanking the American cardinal for 50 years of priestly ministry, in a gesture that marks a shift in tone following years of tension between Burke and Pope Francis.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-5100885127325891674</guid><category>Center</category><title>Eucharist Returns to Canterbury: Papal Nuncio Celebrates Historic Mass in England’s Ancient Catholic Heart...</title><link>https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/265281/historic-mass-celebrated-by-papal-nuncio-at-anglican-cathedral-in-rare-event</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>For the first time in modern history, the apostolic nuncio to the United Kingdom has celebrated Mass in England’s most celebrated Anglican cathedral. On Monday, July 7, which marked the feast of the Translation of St. Thomas Becket, Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía celebrated the holy sacrifice of the Mass at Canterbury Cathedral with hundreds in attendance, including the Vatican’s cricket team.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-8926444407576579920</guid><category>Left</category><title>Camp Mystic, Texas Floods and Grieving for Lost Children...</title><link>https://www.ncregister.com/blog/mcdonald-camp-mystic</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>There is no emotional pain on earth greater than that of a parent who has lost a child. As we read the news of so many deaths from the Texas floods, those of the children hit particularly hard. That so many of them were attending a Christian camp is particularly troubling to many: If this is how God rewards innocent children gathered to praise his name, what does Christian faith even mean? There’s a great deal of theology about evil and suffering, but it is of little comfort in a moment like this...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-6262177747001507581</guid><category>Center</category><title>When Protestants say Peter can't be ‘the rock,’ they have it exactly backwards...</title><link>https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/matthew-16-and-a-parallel-for-peter</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Jimmy Akin)</author><description>I grew up in the American South, and I was raised in a Protestant family. But when I was six or seven years old, my parents had some kind of disagreement with the elders of our church, and they stopped going. So after that, I was raised nominally Protestant, and we’d go to church only once or twice a year when we visited my grandparents. When I was a teenager, I was involved in the New Age Movement, but I broke with that when I turned 18.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-3642853714904131268</guid><category>Left</category><title>A Divine Plan for Changing Diapers...</title><link>https://life-craft.org/a-divine-plan-for-changing-diapers/</link><author>null@newadvent.org (John Cuddeback)</author><description>There is always a reason for the way things are, even when this is not apparent. An easily missed aspect of the natural order of household life offers a standout example of this truth. In short, the things we must do to address our bodily needs offer a perfect context to address our higher needs too. What might seem ho-hum at first shows itself on closer examination to be breathtaking...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-4594391481566088322</guid><category>Center</category><title>The Ascension vs. Human Composting...</title><link>https://www.denvercatholic.org/the-ascension-vs-human-composting</link><author>null@newadvent.org (George Weigel)</author><description>There are many reasons to regret the transfer of the Solemnity of the Ascension to the seventh Sunday of the Easter season. Among other things, the transfer shortens the Church’s time to reflect on this great feast, whose meaning has become ever more important in this cultural moment. What does the Ascension of the Lord mean? The Ascension means that humanity — the human nature assumed by the second Person of the Trinity at the Incarnation — has been incorporated into the life of God himself.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-2635537567092551538</guid><category>Left</category><title>Pope Leo XIV Shares Message to Pilgrims at Historic Mass in Canterbury Cathedral...</title><link>https://www.ncregister.com/news/canterbury-catholic-mass-st-thomas-beckett-church-of-england</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>Catholic faithful packed Canterbury Cathedral on Monday evening for a historic Mass, complete with a papal blessing and the Eucharistic liturgy celebrated by the apostolic nuncio to honor St. Thomas Becket and the translation of his relics in 1220. Since at least the late 20th century, the Cathedral’s Anglican leaders have allowed the local Catholic parish of St. Thomas of Canterbury to celebrate the translation (transferal) of the relics every July 7 with a Mass at the high altar. </description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-8569222843057200398</guid><category>Center</category><title>Shocking Appointment: Priest Convicted of Raping 16-Year-Old Boy Under Spiritual Direction Named Chancellor by French Archbishop...</title><link>https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/265253/toulouse-france-archbishop-names-rape-convicted-priest-to-chancellor</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>The archbishop of Toulouse, France, has drawn fierce criticism for appointing a priest previously convicted of raping a 16-year-old boy to serve as diocesan chancellor, sparking outrage from victims’ advocates and the local Catholic community. Archbishop Guy de Kerimel named Father Dominique Spina as chancellor and episcopal delegate for marriages, effective Sept. 1, according to a decree published June 2 on the archdiocese’s website...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-9065849779178136546</guid><category>Left</category><title>32 Martyrs of Orange Guillotined in Roman Theater During French Revolution...</title><link>https://www.ncregister.com/blog/grondelski-martyrs-of-orange</link><author>null@newadvent.org (John Grondelski)</author><description>America celebrates the Semiquincentennial of the United States in less than a year. The struggle of the United States for liberty was a defining feature of its national psychology, especially in its early years, which led to conflicted attitudes about the French Revolution that began in 1789. On the one hand, France had been an ally without whose help the young American Republic probably would not have wrested independence from the British...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-1032416210104419146</guid><category>Center</category><title>What Pope Leo XIV’s Little-Seen Thesis Reveals About His Theology of Leadership...</title><link>https://www.ncregister.com/blog/towell-leo-xiv-from-prior-to-pontiff</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Brendan Towell)</author><description>On May 17, just over a week after white smoke rose above St. Peter’s Square, I offered the first public analysis of Pope Leo XIV’s doctoral dissertation — five days before The New York Times published its own. Since then, interest in the text has only grown. Catholic educators, theologians and many friends — both lay and clerical — have all asked me the same question: What else is in the dissertation?</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-8008981669171057680</guid><category>Left</category><title>ISS Astronaut Captures a Rare Phenomenon From Orbit — a Giant ‘Sprite’ Rising High Above a Thunderstorm...</title><link>https://www.space.com/stargazing/iss-astronaut-captures-a-rare-phenomenon-from-orbit-a-giant-sprite-above-a-thunderstorm</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>U.S. astronaut Nichole "Vapor" Ayers captured a spectacular view of a phenomenon known as a "sprite" blazing to life above an intense thunderstorm — and she did this while orbiting 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth aboard the International Space Station (ISS).</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-6470647911115926758</guid><category>Center</category><title>The Powerful Puzzle at the Heart of the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson’s ‘Teenage Symphony to God’...</title><link>https://tmattingly.substack.com/p/listening-for-the-divine-inside-brian</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>I grew up near an ugly coast on the Texas-Louisiana border, where the beaches were defined by muddy, often dirty, water and swarms of mosquitoes. If the humid wind blew the wrong way, the pollution from nearby refineries was a nice touch.Thus, I have no memories of my friends listening to the Beach Boys. The local vibe was our own Janis Joplin, Johnny Winter and ZZ Top.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-3553992675463025608</guid><category>Left</category><title>The Risk of Searching for Christ...</title><link>https://knowingisdoing.org/blog/risk-searching-christ</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Marlon De La Torre)</author><description>In St. Matthew’s Gospel, we encounter an immediate sense of the risk involved in following God. As a protagonist event, the temptation of Jesus in the desert reveals what will occur if you choose to follow the will of God. In the case of Jesus, the entire temptation sequence reveals the sins he will encounter throughout his journey to save the souls of humanity through his death on the Cross...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-4653044920832753520</guid><category>Center</category><title>Catholic Evangelization 101: What is Conversion?</title><link>https://catholicmissionarydisciples.com/news/conversion</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Marcel LeJeune)</author><description>Have you ever actually read the entire terms of use for a new app on your phone? If so, did you understand everything in it? Even if you didn't, you probably still checked that you would “read and agree” to everything in the document. This kind of half-hearted consent is similar to what happens for a lot of Catholics every Sunday. When we get to the creed, many Catholics aren’t really paying attention to what their words mean...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-1495332379496707730</guid><category>Left</category><title>What We Must Do: A Reflection on the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time...</title><link>https://stpaulcenter.com/posts/what-we-must-do-scott-hahn-reflects-on-the-fifteenth-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Scott Hahn)</author><description>We are to love God and our neighbor with all the strength of our being, as the scholar of the Law answers Jesus in this week’s Gospel. This command is nothing remote or mysterious—it’s already written in our hearts, in the book of Sacred Scripture. “You have only to carry it out,” Moses says in this week’s First Reading. Jesus tells His interrogator the same thing: “Do this and you will live.” The scholar, however, wants to know where he can draw the line. That’s the motive behind his question...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-8973530591297111834</guid><category>Center</category><title>Sunday Is Not the Sabbath...</title><link>https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/should-christians-keep-the-sabbath-or-celebrate-the-lords-day</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Tim Staples)</author><description>One of the most appealing teachings of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination is their insistence that Christians must obey the Ten Commandments . . . all ten of them. They rightly expose the errant thinking among many Protestant Christian sects that claims, “We don’t have to keep the Ten Commandments for salvation anymore.” Of course, Jesus has a reminder for us...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-169061760844416943</guid><category>Left</category><title>The 11 Best Affordable Family Vacations in the US...</title><link>https://www.cntraveler.com/story/affordable-family-friendly-vacation-spots-in-the-us</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>Planning a family vacation that checks all the boxes—fun, memorable, and affordable—can feel like a tall order. Between different interests, varying age ranges, and budgeting for meals, lodging, and entertainment, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed before you’ve even packed a bag. But good news: creating lasting family memories doesn’t have to come with a hefty price tag. Across the US, there are plenty of wallet-friendly destinations that offer big fun without draining your savings.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-6087145262644677347</guid><category>Center</category><title>During WWII, Peter To Rot Chose Martyrdom Over Polygamy and Silence...</title><link>https://www.ncregister.com/blog/saints-and-art-peter-to-rot</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>One of the problems in talking about art in relation to modern saints like Peter To Rot (1912-1945) is that there often isn’t any. Yes, being painted could be a vanity project for some, but once upon a time, people had their portraits made because there were no photographs. One can hardly imagine what they might have thought of the modern phenomenon called the “selfie.” Peter To Rot has, however, been memorialized in a somewhat neglected modern art form: the postage stamp. He’s appeared on two series of stamps from his native Papua New Guinea, the large island north of Australia.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-8056277719733173687</guid><category>Left</category><title>‘They Had Their Rosaries’: Two Sisters, Catholic School Students, Lost in Texas Flood Remembered for Their Faith and Kindness...</title><link>https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/265221/2-sisters-catholic-school-students-lost-in-texas-flood-remembered-for-faith-and-kindness</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>Two sisters who attended St. Rita Catholic School in Dallas were among the victims of the Texas Hill Country flash floods that have devastated parts of the state, the school confirmed in a statement on Saturday. Blair Harber, 13, and Brooke Harber, 11, were vacationing with their parents and grandparents on the Guadalupe River near Hunt, Texas. The flash flood raised the river more than 22 feet in half an hour in the early morning hours of July 4, dislodging and carrying away their cabin, in which they were staying with their grandparents.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-397424613832135568</guid><category>Center</category><title>Russia’s ‘Sacrilegious War’ Shatters Orthodox Unity, Prompts Response From Pope Leo...</title><link>https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/russia-s-sacrilegious-war</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Fr. Raymond de Souza)</author><description>In the history of ecumenism, this June 28 was most unusual. The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople — primus sine paribus (first without equals) among Orthodox Christians — customarily sends a delegation to Rome for the patronal feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. The Holy See reciprocates in November for the feast of St. Andrew, patron of Constantinople. Pope Leo XIV welcomed the Orthodox delegation in the Apostolic Palace, assuring them...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-6488216373248361137</guid><category>Left</category><title>Pope Leo XIV Arrives in Castel Gandolfo for Summer Vacation...</title><link>https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/265209/pope-leo-xiv-arrives-in-castel-gandolfo-for-summer-vacation</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>Pope Leo XIV was welcomed by well-wishers upon his arrival to his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Sunday. Crowds of people standing behind barriers greeted the Holy Father, taking photos and shouting “Viva Papa!” as he walked toward the papal palace located southeast of Rome.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-3610455782242291163</guid><category>Center</category><title>Catholics Mobilize Aid After Historic Flash Floods Devastate Texas Hill Country...</title><link>https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/265203/catholics-mobilize-aid-response-after-historic-flash-floods-devastate-texas-hill-country</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>Catholics are responding with prayers and aid after record-breaking flash floods in central Texas devastated communities along the area’s rivers and killed at least 27 people. The flash flooding began in the early hours of July 4. Heavy rainfall filled the creeks that emptied into the several rivers that wind through the normally arid hills known as the Texas Hill Country, located north and west of San Antonio and Austin.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-9080877779810515681</guid><category>Left</category><title>Defunding Planned Parenthood Is Only a Baby Step...</title><link>https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/defunding-planned-parenthood-is-only-a-baby-step/</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Kathryn Jean Lopez)</author><description>It’s a historic moment — defunding Planned Parenthood, now that Congress has sent the “Big, Beautiful” mess to the White House. But also make no mistake that this defunding of Planned Parenthood is a baby step. There is so much more to do to build an authentic culture of life in the United States. I’m grateful that Congress kept any defunding in it in the end...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-5379068551903810918</guid><category>Center</category><title>Why Was Moses Not Allowed to Enter the Promised Land?</title><link>https://stpaulcenter.com/posts/why-was-moses-not-allowed-to-enter-the-promised-land?mc_cid=a1b5da8d15&amp;mc_eid=76031b1787</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>Since ancient times, Jewish and Christian interpreters alike have puzzled over God’s decision to prevent Moses from entering the Promised Land. The immediate context for the decision is found in Numbers 20. It’s the fortieth and final year of the Exodus, and the Israelites have once again run out of water in the wilderness. Faced with this calamity, the people begin complaining against Moses and Aaron, saying they wish they had stayed in Egypt.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-6661754861396886733</guid><category>Left</category><title>How many new priests are there in Europe?</title><link>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/how-many-new-priests-are-there-in</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>How many new Catholic priests will be ordained in Europe in 2025? It’s a simple question, but difficult to answer, given the continent consists of more than 40 nations, with varying attitudes to record-keeping. Does the answer matter? Yes, because it would be one way of taking the spiritual temperature of Europe, which remains the geographical center of the Catholic Church, despite long ceasing to be its demographic center.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-325088598434946834</guid><category>Center</category><title>Racing With the Devil...</title><link>https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2025/07/racing-devil-joseph-pearce.html</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Joseph Pearce)</author><description>I have sought since my conversion to use the gifts that God has given me to glorify Him and to bring souls to Him, in contrast to the way that I had previously used those same gifts to glorify hatred and to lead souls astray. This remains the rationale behind my vocation as a Catholic writer. I echo the words of G. K. Chesterton who said that he had been received into the Catholic Church in order to have his sins forgiven...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-2048974626249988774</guid><category>Left</category><title>Pope Leo XIV Returns to 400-Year-Old Papal Tradition of Summer Retreat at Castel Gandolfo...</title><link>https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/265193/pope-leo-xiv-moves-to-the-second-vatican-city-castel-gandolfo</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Hannah Brockhaus)</author><description>Two months into his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV will leave Rome to spend two weeks on a pontifical estate in the lakeside town of Castel Gandolfo, 18 miles south of the city, and sometimes known as the “second Vatican City.” The pontiff will stay on the hilltop Vatican property “for a period of rest” from the afternoon of July 6 to the afternoon of July 20, the Vatican announced last month...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-2268031384841727547</guid><category>Center</category><title>6 Things You Should Know About This Sunday’s Readings...</title><link>https://media.benedictine.edu/this-sunday-jesus-delivers-personal-instructions-for-the-mission-of-life</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>The story of Jesus sending his disciples is related to the story of Jerusalem nursing her children. Jesus sends out the 72 disciples with very specific instructions. “Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals; and greet no one along the way,” he says. “Whatever town you enter and they welcome you, eat what is set before you, cure the sick in it and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God is at hand for you.’” These Christians are being asked to depend entirely on God...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-7100531172816635874</guid><category>Left</category><title>Tragedy at Rattlesnake Falls: Opus Dei Mourns the June 18 Drowning Deaths of Three of Its Members...</title><link>https://www.ncregister.com/news/in-memoriam-opus-dei-hikers</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Matthew McDonald)</author><description>The hikers could just barely hear Val Creus’ cries of distress over the roar of Rattlesnake Falls. Moments before, the 59-year-old had jumped off a ledge near the scenic cascade in the northern California wilderness for a refreshing plunge. Now, somewhere in the frigid water 20 feet below them, he was in trouble. Matt Schoenecker didn’t hesitate. An avid biker and climber who also was a skilled high-platform diver...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-4907843449314612027</guid><category>Center</category><title>God’s Answer to the Pain of Adolescence...</title><link>https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/mills-gods-answer-to-pain-of-adolescence</link><author>null@newadvent.org (David Mills)</author><description>“I wouldn’t go through that again for anything,” said a friend a few stools down at our local place. She and the bartender had been discussing their teenage years. They’d grown up in the same town about 10 years apart, one in a difficult situation, the other a star athlete, but they both had stories. “Yes,” I answered my friend. I hadn’t thought about my teenage years in a long time, but once I did...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-9072456561065924657</guid><category>Left</category><title>Vatican Spokesman Downplays Leaked Documents on Traditional Latin Mass...</title><link>https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/265151/vatican-downplays-leaked-documents-on-latin-mass</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>A Vatican spokesman has played down the significance of recently leaked Vatican documents that appear to cast doubt on Pope Francis’ rationale for restricting the Latin Mass, calling the documents “partial and incomplete.” The documents appear to show that bishops had a more favorable outlook on the Traditional Latin Mass than Pope Francis suggested when he issued controversial restrictions on its celebration in 2021.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-5750423319457914271</guid><category>Center</category><title>What I Discovered When 10 Nuns Came Over for Dinner...</title><link>https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/lukas-nuns-day</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>My mother and father regarded priests and nuns as individuals who sacrificed much in their lives, and secular Catholics like us should show our gratitude to them in a tangible way. Since we had invited our beloved pastor, Father John Dronzek, for several dinners, my parents announced that they would invite the 10 Polish American Franciscan nuns who taught at St. Michael’s Elementary and Junior High School in West Lynn, Massachusetts.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-4748979694539081080</guid><category>Left</category><title>Canonical Trial Advances for Rupnik as Vatican Appoints External Judges...</title><link>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/cardinal-fernandez-rupnik-judges</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>Vatican doctrinal chief Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández announced Thursday that a panel of judges for the canonical trial of mosaic artist Fr. Marko Rupnik has been chosen. Fernández, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, said July 3 that the panel was “made up of judges who are all independent and external to our dicastery.”</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-2048395033974803564</guid><category>Center</category><title>How many new priests are there in Europe?</title><link>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/how-many-new-priests-are-there-in</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>How many new Catholic priests will be ordained in Europe in 2025? It’s a simple question, but difficult to answer, given the continent consists of more than 40 nations, with varying attitudes to record-keeping. Does the answer matter? Yes, because it would be one way of taking the spiritual temperature of Europe, which remains the geographical center of the Catholic Church, despite long ceasing to be its demographic center.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-2978864572533427044</guid><category>Left</category><title>Message for the 10th World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation (July 2, 2025)...</title><link>https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2025/07/02/250702e.html</link><author>null@newadvent.org (Pope Leo XIV)</author><description>Dear Brothers and Sisters! The theme of this World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, chosen by our beloved Pope Francis, is “Seeds of Peace and Hope”. On the tenth anniversary of the establishment of this Day of Prayer, which coincided with the publication of the EncyclicalLaudato Si’, we find ourselves celebrating the present Jubilee as“Pilgrims of Hope.”This year’s theme thus appears most timely...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-7080658093480434887</guid><category>Center</category><title>We Are Improbable, But Here We Are...</title><link>https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/we-are-improbable-but-here-we-are/</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>If someone places their trust in science, then they must also accept at least one miracle. That miracle is the moment when everything began. According to current cosmological understanding, the entire universe—space, time, matter, and energy—originated from a singularity approximately 13.8 billion years ago. There was no physical cause, no preceding event, and no natural mechanism. Everything emerged from what appears to be nothing.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-8923479523243902342</guid><category>Left</category><title>Killed for Being Christian: The Personal Stories of All 22 Catholic Ugandan Martyrs...</title><link>https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/the-ugandan-martyrs/</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>Imagine longing so deeply for the Eucharist that you would hike nearly fifty miles each way to go to Mass every Sunday, traveling through dense forests, fighting off wild animals, and crossing multiple rivers to do it. Imagine being so eager to die for Jesus that you would actually joke with the one who was sentencing you to death. Imagine having friends so kind and so loving that when they called you out on your sin you would leave both the women you were sleeping with and live in poverty while providing for their needs.</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-7409882466434836441</guid><category>Center</category><title>Quiet high schooler paints portraits of entire class to reconnect before graduating...</title><link>http://blog.newadvent.org/2025/07/quiet-high-schooler-paints-portraits-of.html</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>According to many of her senior classmates here at Waunakee High School in Wisconsin, 18-year-old Molly Schafer was a loner. But before graduation, she leaned on her artistic skills to reconnect and learned an important lesson in the process. 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We discover, pattern and forge–for spouses, friends, children and others–the key features of a human life. In an unforgettable line, St. Benedict enunciates a key to the whole project: “Never despair of God’s mercy.” In his Rule, one of the most influential documents ever written, St. Benedict offers in the fourth chapter a lengthy list...</description></item> <item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:newadvent.org,1999:blog-3972000218521616682.post-1392653810033188149</guid><category>Center</category><title>St. Otto, Whose Feast Day Is July 2, United the Fractured Faith of a Fractured Europe...</title><link>https://www.ncregister.com/blog/saints-and-art-st-otto</link><author>null@newadvent.org (null)</author><description>St. Otto of Bamberg, whose feast is observed July 2 in the United States, is also honored in a special way on two local calendars in Europe: June 30 in Germany and July 1 in some dioceses of northwestern Poland. 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